To make sure they worked as I envisioned, I had my two best 'test subjects' give them a try!

First we tried out the 'raindrops!'

For the 'raindrops' activity, simply have the kids put a dot of glue in each raindrop!

I put a few drops of blue food coloring into the glue bottle to make them the color of rain, but you can do it with plain white glue too! You could even have them color the raindrops blue first and then put a dot of white glue on top so that when it dries it makes a 'shiny raindrop!'

(this one was completed by my very soon to be kindergartner!)

Make the colored glue and then put it in a center! Students could practice dotting with all different colors! You could use the mini glue bottles if you want a variety of colors and don't want to dye entire bottles of glue!

Next was the 'decorate the kid!'

First we filled in the shape with glue...

Until the whole space was full!

This Pampered Chef bowl worked great! It helped hold everything we needed to decorate our shape!

We read the story and then got to work!

Here are our 'glue-sterpieces!'

A few tips...

First I would print it on cardstock to make it a bit sturdier!

Either let them go glue crazy or you can spread the glue!

They can add in googly eyes, macaroni, string/yarn, scraps of paper/tissue paper, etc much like Matty did in the book!

Then lay them to dry and show students how long it takes for something with TONS of glue to dry!

Another alternative is to slip the printable into a plastic sleeve (like we did above)!

Have students create their 'glue-sterpiece' the same as above and allow it to dry.

Once dry, peel it from the plastic (much like Matty's dad did to him in the story) and they can then take that home!

Punch a hole and add a string to make it a necklace/hanging project or put magnetic tape on the back (like Matty's dad did in the story) so that it can be hung on the fridge!

If you are nervous the kid activity will give them permission to be glue goobers, simply stick to the raindrop activity!

If you need more practice, I also found this cute idea about 'glue use' on Pinterest: